-cracy

a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (aristocracy; democracy); on this model used, with the meaning “rule,” “government,” “governing body,” to form abstract nouns from stems of other origin: mobocracy; bureaucracy.
Compare -crat.

Origin of -cracy

< Middle French -cracie (now -cratie) < Late Latin -cratia < Greek -kratia, equivalent to krát(os) rule, strength, might (akin to hard) + -ia -y3

Words nearby -cracy

-coele, -colous, -core, -corn, -cosm, -cracy, -crat, -cule, -cy, -cyst, -cyte

British Dictionary definitions for -cracy

-cracy

n combining form

indicating a type of government or rule plutocracy; mobocracy See also -crat

Word Origin for -cracy

from Greek -kratia, from kratos power